The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-18 00:00:00

X_ _.......______ _ _ s___ • , ONEy MARKET WARE MARKETS—This day. AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. COMMIII,CIAL INTELLIGENCE, Railways, pad: Closing Business Price. done. Share i ' 1 -_--. 1 .---. . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 13.11. Mr.. Wol., and Str. Val. all - - Th ere were no bullion operations at the Bank st NOl y s t t l . l , e Sl a e n a d t.,a T n y a n ll e. id.Co. l a o l o l - - - Y e sterday. st Bristoll and Exeter .... 100 85 $8 st ;Cale/In/14m .~...... T hl last week's railway receipts, ascertained up ( 50 CO and Bandon C-1 - - to this day, are, in round figures, as un d er:- 20 'Cornw M ll all 6 7 1 0 Do A A. vets no div a ll _ 1864. 1863. 10 Do. B till 6 pc.pan. has „t all -'''. - fslreat Weste e r . t h - Western 119,994 112,188 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June: , all 16 17 b u '.tth- ‘l. extern ..righ ta .„ M idland " R 48,886 45,785 st I GreatEa.tern, erd, etk 100 47 48 Glasg. and S. Wesnrr.. l 100 110 112 "It h Eastern lOO •• - ore ~aza.t Northern . N th t o/ Scotland 100 - - .4b, .actaslaro and Yorkshire...,.. st Great Northern.. ' ;\ 4 2 . 5 ) 1 and , Exeter u rth Eastern Great c hester, Sheffield, and Lincoln."... '28,568 16,842 st et.S. an IW. of Irelacs 100 i 0 92 Q .e.as :ern Do Sir Val na. stocl 100 - - a These returns, when compared with those of the 8 1 Lancashir n e c t Wpr , l , k k shi a r i € l 160 0 11 6 7 0 i ,1711 e fta ao period of last year, are in most instances of a st Lo o n n , d , o .B i tigelit.,l.:A. -- C W oast 109 104 tc9 i miB factory character. On the Great Western there st s v o n .. .,fit , f l t o t t t i l l nc \ ! ve D se v r e n r 100 3 1; 1 4 1 3 184, 11 17 f 161 sa n increase of £5,185, on the North Western of st . Lon. & Sw.th Weetern 100 98 49 47,8 06, on the South Western of £2,670, on the ' 5l t;i:n3aLVAca' . 1 :11 -. 6 ,. 4 ..d." " p., "'" i ghton of £l,63l,lon„the Midland of £3,101, on 124 Do t share 4 . 111 - - et Metropolitan all 1!24 1131 1121 4 the South Eastern of £37, on the Great Northern st Midland 1 Do Nev , 04, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £5,20 2 , st Do Birtr.i/i " g. & Derby 100 . 106 1 - 10 P 5 °4 the Bristol and Exeter of £2l, on the North 50 MK (it. W. of Irelano all I- - 25 Do. 4 shares Ea stern of £7,890, on the Manchester, Sheffield, 25 Mid Kent - ood Lincoln of 1,727, and on the Great Eastern of BNo 10 Do Cray Line t rt all - --h British 42 1 702. et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 251 'en st Nth. Eastern-Berwiw 100 106 107 1061 T he Fla encial Corporation have introduced the 25 Do, G.N.E. porches,. ‘6.13.1 - - I 4 beraman Iron Works Com Leeds pany, with a capital of st Do st Do fork k 100 93 94 £600,000, in shares of £5O each. The prorerty st Do Carlisle lOO I thieh it is intended to purchase belongs to Mr. n iNgoth New London 5 4 3 4 II rawshay Bailey, M.P., who retires from business I..g,4,oratuliciStiflicordjeuhnirjien allall 7614 1 0 78 1 I n consequence of his advanced age. The estate st Scottish ' Central et Scot N. E., Aber. stook 100 39 41 ecr ztprises 1,530 acres of freehold laud, besides s t D o Scot. Mid, stock lOO - - leasehold containing et numerous veins of iron-stone lO Shrews, and Welchpow all - - Shropshire Union a nd coal, situate in South Wales. The directors st South De .. . 100 35 17 Will enter into a large business already in opera. S , South Eastern st South Wales - - a , u, and by increasing the working capital will !, IS, York and River Dun 100 101 103 ~, Siaines . Wok,andWok all 7 8 I ' o extend in a like ratio the capabilities and 25 Stockton & Darlington all 374 384 25 Do l9 104 114 c p r ofits of the enterprise. The board is powerfully 45 Do New, 186 G l4 8 9 i C •• • %s tanted, and upwards of half the shares are st Taff Vale.. stat ed 10 Do B 8 6 7 I to have been paid. to Do C 3 3 4 p 50 Ulster - - ............. 25 Do - - p Two o'CLooK. 12.10 Do 54 - - et Vale of Neath At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's et Victoria sta. and 100 - - telest Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - gram, the French 3 per Cents. were 661, 40c. st West Cornwall lOO 34 36 st W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R. 100 - - The English Stock market opened this morning st West Midland -Oxford; 100 - - Ivit h a drooping tendency, and after a short time st e Do Newport' 100 -. - Do Ileretordi 100 - - the . , Panda gave way about i per cent. The quietude uzaffairs generally, and the large number of mem- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. be ts and their clients taking their holiday excur ligent7 Closing r 8 ) are the causes that most conduce to the ,;h ar, eailways Paid. Price. Business don( stagnation of business. Consols for money 100 .ctialtio &St Lawrence all 53 60 tire 8 4 I, and for the account 891 I. The New Sic 1 30 ( r i n i zi; a r r e o r d e s e vt .n .Fen t Ind Nu 101 102 101} throe s and Reduced Annuities are 88;11; Exchequer r c , 13 , .;1 7 - Ili 1 eE. S hares... 71 i dis p l ' B , 255. to Iss. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1031 104 Buita . lo and Le.ael.ltiron all a 54 Do. P 44 /1 ; and Enfaced 4 er Cents., 92. 10 Buflelo, reteranee Brant ...... all 74 81 p 100 1 ,&Godrich 100 75 80 4 number of sales in the Foreign Market has 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1871. o e • 100 Do. do. July 1, 187'. , 100 75 60 ' asioned several fluctuations in prices, but quota- Leo Do. do. June 1,184 100 75 80 ti°llB at the last moment are steadier than they et (a lc p u e l l' a o * ltn s' ez i To t el ( 4e ' r l ;: ' 100 9 7 4 9 9 5 Were during the earlier part of the day, and have S stc , to c c l k t I; : a sa at t n in ß ci e i n a r l a.t g i t . i. s S p p . .e . 1 1 , ~ , (-,, 102 1 1 0 ,,1 101 M exican recovered a fraction of the loss sustained. 20 Do. do. o (4 Ext..... ' iO 3. 191 ) 102 'ezican ex all are k lower at 28/ 1, the New Stock 20 Do. Gran'il litlnk of Cau . ada Cue 19 21 P la 4180 . 1 worse, at 251 26, Greek Bonds have de- Ng 10. l e s o t r d r e g ir ß e o d nds :: a ll 71 7 6 3 3 mined t . , to 231 i, Spanish Passive, after being as 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 66 68 l ow as 302 _a_, are now only / worse, at 301 I, 100 13'(: Vlrr= . l:: V E Turkish Consolides are also down 1-, being 50/ I-, too Do. do. deferred...... all 43 . ; r 5 , and the Confederate Loan has receded about /, to !go o 3 0 0 . . 4th ae yerfeefr. deferred....., .... all 2 11 26 28 78/ 79. stook Gt.lndtaPenin.gue. s p.c 100 1014 /021 102 20 Pc, New gua. sp. c... 12 par 4 e In the Railway Share Market the operations I Do. January, 1862 - - - - stook Cit. South.of India(Lirn have been on a very moderate scale, and prices in I: earanteeds per cent. 100 99 101 S everal instances have slightly given way. North : 0 1 Gti,,,W o eiwCanada Share,. ag 114 1 1 i i , Western and South Eastern have each declined 1, 100 Do. 6 . p.c. '73 Nvith't B opt. all ll Ll 91 Slid Metropolitan and Manchester, Shef f ield, and l iii IDnodisat p. 0. Zi 7 nited 2 1 d 4 n L incoln each 4. stook Madras. gear, 5 p. o. .. 100 99 4 100 4 stook Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 93 95 The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate- stook Do. 44 d 0......... 100 90 92 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - S al change as regards values. stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 . 7 _- 6 - 2 Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally sup, i gg Sle e lb. 7 & Hobson's Bay. all 60 _ D p.c. Mortg. . all - Port previous rates. Union of London have im- 20 Newßrunewick a Canda Class A and B all 3 6 . co pal to 531 51- ; London Joint-stock to 491 N.M.C'da6polstptbds 100 82 81 601 stool Soinde ..........) I poo noi 1014 , 4 l London and County to 74 ; and Electric Ts ieD. stock Do: Delhi • I ..::1 100 994 /101 g r aph to 1051, Natal Investment Company's 20 Do. do ,-z . I . ~, 2 id par Illa reB are quoted 111 prem. •; London Engineering at Do. Punjaub .... r"4 , !1 all 9,14 1001 Do. Do. - - - It. * 2 prem, ; and Maritime Credit 11. 11, pram.; / I ,oc k Do. Indus.St: Flo.) ' 4. I lel. ,94 96 96 _ 441 Aberaman Iron Works, 1i 14 prem. COLONW., GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ~ ; ‘,./../..10,. 6 p.o.Ja ..tJui, BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. -1877-3 i ~....... ..... 100 96 09 964 ~ Go - Do. Cp. c. Feb. & * Aug. 100 96 99 0 . ,ILNDIENT FUNDS. Per, Cent. Consol 89k i - Do. 6p. 0. Mar. & Sept. 100 98 102 Consols - Do. Ep.o. J andii.l uly. 10C 84 86 i a ,c - 2 Aceolult, Aug. 8 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 8 6 I , s/;' -r Cent, Reduced - Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,1871 100 104 105 NSW3 per Cent. BB4 4 Do.Ap &Oct. 1830 100 107 109 ll ° 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1891 - - Do. 1891 100 1/8 110 4 . „_° 6 per Cent., Jan. 187 3 - - I Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 106 104 - Ceylon,', N0v.18.78, 6p c 100 110 112 .;.I.littes, 30 yrs, expire 4th J an., 1880 - - IMauritiu.s 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 1044 t o for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 - - '(Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 .(.4 107 ° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 - -,- , N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 97 100 14 ~. Mach. June. - I Do. 6p. o.Ap. .It; Oot. 100 - - eu equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 3i per Cent. - - N. S.W. Gov. 5p :086( 100 06 18 c, £5OO - Du. S P. C.,13?1 '10167( 100 96 98 97 4 -, Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 96 08 li u p° .£lOO and L2OO 24 -,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - - o f , England Stk, 54 per Ct. - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. 1 - Aecount .. - sterlhag„ 1875 lOO 99 102 - Queensland Gcv. 6p. 0 lOO 101 104 11144116. N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - S. Aus G6p.0.1873.& up lOO 105 107 D a Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874.... - - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - - ir ACcount - - Do. lo 6 p.o. An.&Oot.. 100 1084 1094 1094 . 1. ). ' 6 per Cent. July, 1870 - -. . D ' Account ° 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id __. Do Certificates - 6utiord Amalgamated..( - 30 32 i'i? 92 - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 580 600 Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent East Bassett (Illogan).. 80 68 70 )),)° 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. -- - East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - - d D° 6 1 per Cent., May, 1879 .. - East Ca.radon I.) `,', per Cent., Aug. 1865 I, ' bonds ElOl/0 - - ,141. WlRussel (Tavistk.) 8.13.1 5 51 410 'ander £l,OOO - - 'Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen; 581 5 7 - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 2 24 XOREICIN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. - G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 27 29 4 tat • - G re nville 0.16.f 7 74 ~A .r ian Bonds, 5 per Cent - - Hemel's-Foot .. 8.12 88 40 h . ij ll len 5 per Cent ........ -- - tlingston D0wn5...... 4. 1 8. 0 3 1 41 ° l 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ........ - - Lady Bertha - - t, bo 1863 .. .-- - Margaret (Uny Lelant 9i 8 10 , hal os tr ‘ l . 1. 3urawab a laiyerr6e Center Cent - Marke Valley.. - 4 Mndy Iron Oro (Lint 24 14 4 6 - New Seton l9l 75 85 per Ge nt - -• worth Downs 3 14 11 ti l ' b ai 6 1 , per Cent. - - S.Wh'i Basset (Illoi,an 3.1.0 21 3 - North Wheal Crotty , ° 6 Per Cent. 1864 . ............... -- - Par Consols (st. Blaze) - - - 1 tador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. - - Provicience(ljnyLelnt.; 10.0.7 40 42 N I )°, P roVisonal Land Warrant... ..... - - South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 480 500 j j 1 „ 81 !. 3 per Cent., 1825 .............. - - S. Carn Brea (Illogan) - - N. ' '. l per Cent, 1864 .............. - - '....Wheal loran. (Mogan 18.18.9 424 474 ...'.l ; Ma n 7 per Cent .................. - - 'Stray Park 30.17. 6, 28 30 IP-liner Silv.& Lead Min ! - - - fa rtt. ,e 1 - fin Croft 9 18 19 S econd Issue - .................. - - . ) 5 Per Cent., 1824-6, ea-Coupons.. - t 0 , Lccount X Cs radon (Liskeard) 9 12 14 I) ° C A ° l ' , Pous — West Seton 0,2, --.-c'munt ... . - - Wheel Basset (Mogan, 54 92 25 7, 4c ercl Lla 5 per Cent. - - Vc . heal Buller(Redruth, 10 110 25 It 1)° 18 39 and 1859 - - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant ) 2.0.6 - - WhealLudcott ' 3.5.8 14 2 14. 4 . 4 h • 3 per Cent.(Maremruana Railway) 734 - Wheal Mary I ,:rlen. 8 14 16 ~..Ves 11 3 per Cent - Wheal Lleton . . 584 210 215 '''(:) Account -.., Do 1364 2,51 6 - i Wheal Union I 4 1; 2 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing r -lharp aailways Paid. Price. Business dont 100 Atlantic Sr St Lawrence all 53 60 il'orn.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Sk 100 101 102 101} Gu. 6 per cent 20 Do. New 20 Do. B. Shares. 201 Bunalo and Le.Ke LI awn all s 5i 10 Do. Preference Buflalo,Brant,etzGodrich 100 100 75 80 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1871. 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 , 100 75 80 :00 Do. do. June 1, IK4 100 75 80 at Clcutta.zlS.Eastu.(l.in, 100 97 93 st Cape Town I,- Dock Scril 100 94 96 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 102 104 Stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 10 0 101 102 WI 20 Do. do. 14 Ext ^o 191 20 Do. do. It Flo. stook Grand Trunk of Canada Ivy 19 2) 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deterred— all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 stook Gt.lndluPenin.gua. s p.c 100 1011 iO2l 102 20 New gua. sp. c l2 par o Do. January, 1882 stook (it. South.of India(Lirn I:naranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 1 0 1 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 91 $Q Do. New . 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 89 91 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. .. all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 d 4n stook Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 991 1001 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 93 05 stock Do. 100 90 92 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock nelb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 50 slelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 60 62 WO Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßr unswick rt Canda Class A an a B all I 6 N.ll.l.C'daB pc Ist pt bds 100 82 81 stock Soinde .......... I (100 1001 1 0 11 ) stock Do. Delhi 4+: ll 100 994 100,5 30 Do. do . „9 l 2 id par at 00. Punjaub !I all WI 1004 Do. Do. ,'?„2 sock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 10t. 94 P 6 26 ~.2 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 :::"MILNDiENT FUNDS. ''„`to Accoun Cent. Consols 3 k i " t , Aug. 8 New Cent. Reduced B3l k ey ' 3 per Cent. BBa 1 2 B , l v 2i pe r Cent. Jan. 1394 4,_ & '° 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — -.l.,',Quities, 30 yrs, expir . e bth J an., 1880 — 1 ` 1 ,, 0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 'Jo (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. N.. 19 ' 11 — Ihrch, June. j4c hequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. 15 De £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bak England Stk, 51 per Ct. "0 Account.. / 4 irl 'ii.fi G OVERN MENT SECURITIES. ' 4 Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — D O ) , Account — -' 5 Cent. July, 1570 N.) per iiAccount.... ° 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — 1 ., Do Certificates - D 0 Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 92 "-JO 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. I N *" 1 per Cent. ' May, 1879 .. -;-,° 4 per Cent., Aug. 1865 'tit() bonds El,OOO aj t ) 'under £l,OOO ,.._ /fOREICIN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4 • _ h ttstrian, Bonds, 5 per Cent •hzilian 5 per Cent ........ Do 47t per Cent 1852-68-60 ........ -- 8,, Do .. 1863 f; t :!;, 71 08 Ayres 6 per Cent — t ( ,', 11 ' 1 4 6 per Cent. •4 3 t • - t: Molar). 15 per cent 1 !;* 6 per Cent. .i. J o A tador New Consolidated, 1 per — b a l 0 , Provisonal Land Warrant — i l ' is h, 8 per Cent., 1825 t .° 0 per Cent, 1864 t-1 Yptian 7 per Cent t„, I°, Second Issue — ............. 8 _. " I. 'ok 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupon 231 L'o A.ce t t , 01.1 D. b 0 C°1 -.11) °D. 6 ti„,; ) Ae'.! , ount... .......... ' 4 , t ern Lla 5 per Cent. z t lo . o 18 39 and 1859 AP,, li a. 0 .3 per Cent. (Maremruana Railway) 731 -„'e .n 3 per Cent 4. " 0 Account -,., 1 :4o 1864.. '' - ', O French S cr ip, Ex. 25f 90c — " 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French - dis m Vitt . Scrip, £23 paid.... N - ' o ori sh imperial 6 per Cent - ‘ 6 ,., Granada .. — Lie 2 per Cent. De Deferred Dc i Land Warrants (Hectares) — 1.); ) Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Do do Aug., ...,, 1' 4 66 Pert Irian 41 per Cent — ts th ) 3 per Cent. (Crribarren)... — - 11 4 41 per Cent., 1862 -.. A° u Ol Acciount tago ese 3 per Cent , 1853 i3 O Account • . jp, u° a per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'2.. ___- 11 - ' 0 Account 1 , 4481 an 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — 854 - ` - ` 1) 0 0 41 per Cent., 1850 1860 — to 3 Der Cent Do 5 per 1859- Cent, 1362 ...... 8 t , Bl 1 3 ° -Anglo-Dutch .... 11 4 , 4 ° Scrip, £4O paid............ I - ) q:tLian. 6 per Cent.......... et Account . .................. 414i84 :3 p er ' Cur .................. 4 bo Account ............. ......... 91 •) New Deferred .................. D (3 -Account .......... 434 ~,0 Passive E t 'lO Account 3 Ol ,D'lish C er t . o f Coup not f un d e d - o .Acc ount 124 4 13 , 11 : 11, 4 per Cent _ l'lti.k.°;";°lll3 Cent. 11 -- ` B4 6 ILI. 1854 9Ol ---° Account- BO ~, u 5 per Cent. 1858 Vo Account .4,4,0 3.01.) Bonds V° 6 per Cent. 1862 D 0 Account 69 i'..100 Bonds 7Ol 4 1 .) Do 1863 Ir e ° Guaratteed, 4 per Cent L lez uela 3 per C ent . )32 Account -,'o Account 0 per Cent., 1362 57 I ' l ::) 4.),, °„ s crip £l5 paid .. dis 1 1 • per C ent 411 ri D ividends on the above payable in London I. -an, 6 Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 21,„ Account _ t l '' .-. t 4 } per C en t . , E x . 25f... , 4 2 i per Cent. Lx. 12 Guil 6 l/ It. t b - ' Per Cent. Certificates . 1' 42 5 6 per C en t 1861, Ex. 25 trance — ~--,oAccount " — pre°oh Rentes, 2 per Cent Oillviano Dollar Bons, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. edniontese, 5 per C d ent., Ex. 2M Colu ola ISlon e y . 594 I DO Account.... B9l 4 ettEFEUENCE Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext.,No. 14108 Great Western Orig. 4} per cent pf., 901 LINES LEASED Al` FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham. 4} per Cent., N London, Tilbury, and Southend, 98 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, lot Western and North-Western of France, 201 BANKS. Alliance 61 Anglo Austrian, 71 11 Bank of London. 155 B •nk of Wales, 1im..7 1 7 British and Californian, BM, 5 11 Chartered !er. of India, London, and China, 64j 5 City, 135 Consolidated Bank, lim.. ilk European Bank, lim., 14i Ditto (S 5), 81 Imperial Bank (lim.). 37 i Imperial Bank of china, India,"and Japan, lira., 61 1 Imperial Ottoman, l7k f Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 51 London and Brazilian 19 London, Buenos .Ayres, and River Plate, 55 London and County, 24 London Joint Stock, 50 London and 11 estminster, 951 6 Merchant Bank, Bin., 29k Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 251 Midland Bank (lim.), 201 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 13 South Eastern, lim., 9 Union of Ireland, Jim., 203 Union of London, 541 31 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, t 9 City Offices, Lim, 4k Crystal Palace, 34 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 109 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., Electric Telegraph, 1151 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 7 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 8j t International Financial &moiety, Lim., 91 Joint Stock Discount, Urn., 61 Mil.vall Iron Works, 41 North British and Mercantile Maumee, lim , 18 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 80 k The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2i per milk pm,, and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. Hid. per ounce fbr standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-lithe per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchanl on London is 13.5 k per £1 stcrlin4. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 28' per cent., and the premium on gold is 157 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold fro the United States. Os Mr. Jnatien Shee is the judge appointed to it in chambers during tho long vacation. Its will attiald on the Tuesday and Friday in each week, THE SUN , LONtON THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1 8, 1864. , _. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. London a nd South Western Railway Penal Servitude. ..._--,,....______ Meeting—This Day. es WESTMINSTER, -4•- The following circular letter has been addressed This afternoon the half-y ear ly gen eral meeting of the A VERY DANGEROUS FnoLic.—Joseph S. Beckerman, to the Judges, calling their attention to the Act the a young man, wh o ga ve his address, 1, Milton-terrace, shareholders in this company was held at the Waterloo h Vauxhall-bridg e - roa d, was charged with m a liciously Station, Captain Mangles in the chair, 27th and 28 t of Victoria, cap, 47, and explaining the mode in which convicts sentenced to penal ser. extinguishing a number of street lamps in Vauxhall-bridge- The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, adverted to vitude in Great Britain will hereafter be treated : road, and also breaking one of them. the late melancholy accident at Egham, and remarked that WHITEHALL, Aug. 15. John Gibbons, 266 B, said that, between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning, he w as on duty in Tachbrook-street, Pimlico, although the expenses of that accident and other circum- I think it right to lose no time in transmitting to y ou a stances prevented them from declaring a higher dividend, statute which received the Royal assent at the close of the when he saw the defendant and three or lour young men yet he hoped the shareholders would find some consolation last Session of Parliament, entitled an "Act to Amend the there. The defend a nt then climbed a lamp post, and after Penal Servitude Acts." some difficulty succeeded in getting the glass of the lamp in the fact that the receipts of the past half year had increased In doing so I feel it my duty to furnish you with corre ct open and extinguishin g the light, at the same time breaking to £38,195. He then proceeded to an examination of the information as to the mode i n which convicts under Ben the glass, various clauses of the report. The exp e nses of the locomotive Mr Arnold—Did he break the glass intentionally ? tears of penal servitude will now be treated. and carriage department had been in excess of the corres•• The principal change in the law which is effected by this Constable—No, I think not. I think it was in his ell .. sentences ofpenal v . tud eof pending half-year of 1863. There was however an addition statute is the abolition of deavour to open it, for he was some time about it. His to the train mileage which would account for the increase. four and three years, leaving the sentence of five years as object, I have no doubt, was to extinguish the lamp. shortest that can be passed in any case, and authoriaing Mr Asnoll—To extinguish the light only. The permanent way continued to be maintained in good the ' it in those cases where only sentences of four or three years Policeman—No less than 16 lamps running had been working order. Some miles of the main line and of the could have been passed before. This will haw the effect of extinguished, and but for the moon, which was shining Dorchester line had been relaid during the past half year. increasing the severity of the penal law, which, owing to brightly, the neighbourhood would have been in perfect The Poole branch, and further porti on s of the Yeovil and the very frequent use of the short sentences referred to, darkness. Exeter line had been doubled. Of the total length of 50 had, in the opinion of the Royal Commissioners who lately Mr Edward Lewis, contractor, guessed that the damage done to the lamp was 3s. 6d. miles between Yeovil and Exeter, 40 miles had been investigated this subject, become too much relaxed. 'With the same object another very important provision is added, Defendant—l don't think a pane of glass ought to cost doubled, and the remainder was in progress. Ors that a person convicted of a crim3 punishable with penal that. the district between Yeovil and Salisbury, but little had C li o n in e of which will servitude, after having been previously convicted of felony, Mr Lewis—The tin work is broken. been done since the last report, only 18 miles out of the if the Judge in his discretion thinks that the punishment Defendant—A square of glass like that aint worth much, total mileage of 40 were completed as a double line. The of penal servitude should be inflicted, shall not be so sen• it is only 4d. a square foot, but this aint a square. Mr Arnold—What do you say to the charge? sentence of a . shor . ter period is than seven years. had made arrangements for It will be observed that in all these cases the alternative Dofendant—l was intoxicated, and out with some otherrails, pany - interferedwith, In that young men, nection with the Yeovil and Exeter portion, form a doubt completingal i sbur y and th e Yeovilssecond d of imprisonment not double respect the law continues as it stood before the passing of Policeman—Had he been drunk I should have sail so, road from ,Salisbury to Exeter. He referred, with great the late statute. Had I charged him with drunkenness he would have regret, to the late accident at Egham, and complained The remainder, and by far the larger portion of the Act denied it, for he was not drunk. that a largely circulated review had stated that the refers to the granting to convicts under this sentence Mr Arnold—lf you dispute the amount of damage you rhinocerous hides of directors were insensible to every licences to be at large before its expiration, and introduces may have the case adjourned. various regulations for the purpose of preventing the nais- Defendant—l wish it settled now. thing which had no connectio n with dividends, That conduct of such persons between the time of their release Mr Arnold—Your conduct was disgraceful. You are was an unfair and a most cruel censure. Mr Scott had and that at which they would have been by law entitled to fined 40s for extinguishing the lights, and 3s GI damages, been the traffic manager of the company 12 years, during their liberty. Ido not think it necessary to occupy your or one month. which time 65 millions of passengers had been carried over time with any observations upon this part of the subject, ----- except to remark that, among other safeguards of the M ARLBOROUGII- STREET. had occurred. (Hear, hear.) He readgy regretted • the public, it is enacted that tha conviction of a licence-holder the line, and the late collision at 011TAAGEOUS ATTACK AND RODBERY.—Two lads, Egham was the first that upon indictment of any offence involves not merely a revo- Wyndham Portal from • named Thomas henry Strod and Henry Arkell, were cation of his licence, but a remission to his original Ben ill-health. it mee ting w ould be held in the autumn to elect tense as it stood when his license was granted, and this in charged before Mr Knox with being concerned, with others retirement from the direction of Mr not in custody, in assaulting and robbing Mr George Par- h i s successor . Th e chairman concluded by moving the addition to any punishment to which he may be sentenced rock, an engraver, of 27, Fitzroy-square. adoption of the report. upon such indictment. The prosecutor, a young man, said—About half-past Mr LACY seconded the motion. It appears to ma that the information which you really eight yesterday evening, I was proceeding down Goodge- Mr HELPS inquired whether the directors were taking require is rather as to the extent of the remission hereafter street, and while passing the end of John-street I saw a to be granted in such cases, and the terms upon which it is any steps to provide communication between the passengers man selling cheap jewellery. I stayed in the crowd about - to be obtained. When you are fully iaformed upon these There were many guard. d cases a minute, when the prisoner Arkell struck me with his anof peril which had two points you will see exactly the practical effect of the knee. I remonstrated with him, and he then became very not appeared in the newspapers. Only a day or two since sentences which you pronounce, and will feel confident that impertinent. I told him to go away, when he rose his Rat a case—not, however, connected with th e South w es tern nothing is left to accident or caprice, but that the punish in the attitude of striking me, when Strod came.up and line—came under his notice, A friend of his had told him ment inflicted is precisely that which you intended to inflict. struck me on the chest, and then, springing on my back, In accordance with the strong recommendation of the that only a day or two before he had been shut up in a rail knocked my hat over my eyes. While pulling my hat off, Royal Commissioners, an important modification is about e during a long stage with a lu na ti c . carriage I received a blow on the temple, and was assaulted by about way , to be introduced into the convict system in reference to the M.P., explained the reasons why the guard twenty boys and men. I ran away to escape further violence, Mr TITS, granting of remissions. and was pursued by a mob of boys and men. I stopped at could not run along the carriages as was done in France Instead of these being granted as a reward of general the corner of Charlotte-street, and found that my watch and He confessed he could see no solution of t h e diffi cu lty good conduct as heretofore, they are now to be earned by chain, of the value of £l5, were taken from me. A person beyond the free use of telegraph signals. H e knew a line industry alone; general good conduct (such as implicit came up who witnessed the whole affair, and by his recom- obedience to all prison rules) will be as indispensable as be on which trains were ran at intervals of three and a half mendation I went to the station and gave information, and fore but will of itself count as nothing towards the obtain the prisoners were taken into custody. minutes. That had been done for 12 or 14 Tear s , and not ' a ng a remission of portion of the sentence ; that can only Wm, Frost, 41, Upper John-street, said—Last night I a single accident had occurred. With regard to the gene- b e ga i ne d b y s t ea dy an d laborious industry, the degree of was going through John-street and saw a man sellingjewel- cal state of the li ne , h e thought it was highly satisfactory, which will be measured and recorded every day by the as lery. I saw Arkell rush upon the prosecutor and, abuse and that it was admirably managed by the p resen t board of signment to each convict of a certain number of marks.; him. I pushed Arkell away, and the other prisoner then directors. (Hear. hear,) A maximum amount of remission is fixed (as hereafter jumped on the prosecutor's back and knocked his hat over Mr, A. J, °TWAY paida high compliment to the courtesy stated) as the utmost which can be attained by perfect dria his eyes, and then struck him. About 20 or 30 other boys dustry, and the number of marks is so regulated that a and efficiency of the officers on the line, If there were a little convict must obtain the maximum number of marks every and men then rushed on the prosecutor, who had to run for his life. 1 followed, and when I got to the corner of Char- nacre celerity and a little more punctuality they would have d a y (without any deduction for misconduct), in order to get lotte-street prosecutor said he had lost his watch and chain. little to c s emplain of. He considered that the accident at the maximum remission. The sentence, therefore, is abso lEgbana was sorely oh, and No, no) He considered did not see the watch and chain taken. attributable to a blunder on the part of lutely certain up to a certain point, but may possibly ex- Mr Knox--Might it not have bean that a squabble the traffic manager. cOb, ortunate people had been sacri• tend beyond that point, and will inevitably do so unless arising between the prosecutor and Arkell, the other pri that the lives of those un: the convict persistently and strenuously exerts himself. Sorler took part with his companion, and some others in the The maximum period of remission for male convicts are crowd took the opportunity of taking the prosecutor's ficed through the mistaken arrangements of the traffic to be as follows: watch. manager.(Renewed protests,) He b a :ieved it would be the Scale for Regulating the Discharge on Orders of Licence of Frost—The prisoners are known to the police and the in- easiest thing in the world toprovide an adequate commani- Male Convicts sentenced to Penal Servitude. habitants of the neighbourhood as bad characters. • cation between the passengers and the guaasis. It was Period to be un- Term of dergone in se e boy living at 44, Tottenham-street, said—l saw Shortest period Maximum to be undergone period to be only a question of expense. Sentence. parate confine- Arkell and others strike the gentleman, and Strod ran Mr HEREPATH asked whether all the claims arising ot _ meat. on public works. remitted. after the gentleman. Strod, and another boy, jumped on of the Egham accident had been satisfied ? Tears. Yrs. Mo. Wks. Yrs. Mo.W,.s. the gentleman's back in the crowd. The other boy ran 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 away. I had seen him talking to the prisoner before The CHAIRMAN said they had not; they had not all been 6 3 11 1 1 3 3 he ran. sent in. i 4 8 1 1 6 3 8551 1 9 3 James Lanahen, 41 E—l apprehended the prisoner 9 a n ine months in 6 2 1 t 0 3 Mr HEREPITH said that under the circumstances it would Strod last night whilst he was talking to a number of 10 A u oases. 6 11 1 2 3 3 be highly improper to make any remarks on the subject. )2 8 5 $ 2 9 3 other boys outside a public-house. He denied all know- 14 9 11 1 3 3 3 ledge of the affair, and said he had never seen the prose • The CHAIRMAN said the directors were most anxious to 15 10 8 1 3 6 3 cuter before. He knew Strod as a nightly companion of a ensure the eafety of passengers. They had put a window 2O 1 l4 5 1 4 9 3 number of young thieves who were about the neighbour- between some of the carriages to see how the plan would The principle adopted by this scale is a maximum re hood, act, They had also the block telegraph before them to see mission of a fourth part of that portion of the sentence Robins, 91 E—l apprehended Arkell, who denied all how it would ac . . It was a very difficult subject, and it re- which remains after deducting nine months fur separate knowledge of the robbery, but afterwards said the prose quired time tc mature cuter assaulted him, and that then he assaulted the proses With respect to convicts hereafter sentenced to penal ser i cutor. an effective plan. lie thought the confinement,. public were a little too sensitive on .the subject—perhaps vitude for life, they will be considered as forming an excep- In answer to Mr Knox, Robins said that on Arkell he naturally so, Many suggestions had been made, and it was tion to the rule that a remission of sentence m a y be earned found a number of el:tapes of the Queen's Theatre, only yesterday that the secretary received a letter by a regular course of in dustr y . U p on this p oint the Royal Mr Knox remanded the prisoners. from a gentlemen who suggested that all the Commissioners have reported as follows : carriages should be made of g lass . (Laughter.) " Sentences for life should, we think, be only passed ou ......--- THAMES. Several gentlemen rose but there were loud cries for Mr men guilty of very aggravated crimes, but when passed they THE CONVICTION UNDER THE NEW ACT. ...• Joseph ought really to imply that those who have incurred them Scott, the traffic manager, s h a ll never ag ain be allowed to return to society either at Brookfield, the landlord of the Black Horsn,Public-house, in Ropemaker'infields, Limehouse, appeared before Mr Mr SCOTT rose and said, it was the first time he had ever home or in a colony, unless the mercy of the Crown should been called upon to defend himself. Paget to answer a summons and information exhibited by He complained that be extended to them on special grounds. After acertain Inspector Allison, of the K division, which charged him the late tr ial at Guildford was a farce. He did not curn. time, if they behave well, the severity of their punishment . relaxed, but they never ought to regain with having his house open for the sale of ale, beer, and plain of the judge and jury, but what he said was that the spirits, between the hours of 1 and 4 o'clock on the morning facts were not before them. He defended the' arrange- e might ven t the e e properlyqualified freedom of the holder of a ticket of leave. " If, however. they are to be kept in perpetual confine of Tuesday, the 9th of the present month, moats of the trains on the day of the accident, and con- ment, this punishment may be inflic ted more safel y and Yesterday the magistrate stated that the prompt obedience to the new law on the part of licensed victuallers and others tended that although the extension of the telegraphic US- more conveniently at home than in a colony. Should this was highly gratifying, There had not been a single case tem would be useful as a p recaut i on , it w ould never en- rule as to the enforcement of sentences for life be adopted, the courts before which offenders are tried would naturally of infraction of the law. This morning, after the hearing tirely prevent accidents. A. SunatntionDEn inquired the man who 'n 1 atrocious criminals and of the night charges, which were few in number, a fact ran I " *hose whose guilt; though aggravated, is one degree less, attributable to the operations of the new law, this case was make a distinction between the most the other train was Why • heard. not told that the previous train was to a ping sentences for life on the former only, and on by Pat , stop at Egham ? Mr SCOTT said no doubt he was told so. It was always the latter sew for a definite though in some cases a Police-constable Matthew Jones, 130 K, stated that the defendant kept his house open the whole Of the night be tween Monday, the Bth, and Tuesday, the 9th of this month, hi s practice in starting a train to toll the driver where the I propose, in amoral:Hie? with these views, to reserve all may arise hereafter for special very long term o. Fears." and people of both sexes were entertained there. At 2 o'clock previous train was to stop, A scene of great confusion * ensued, several gentlemen more rigid enforcement of in the morning he saw 16 persons in the house and warned consideration, with a view to a pr spared to stop at any station cases of this nature wh'cle the defendant he was doing wrong, and that tne law required The driver ought to have been this sentence. him to close his house from 1 till 4in the morning. At 3 attempting to speak at once. o'clock be again entered the Black Horse, and people were Commissioners, who, for the reasons stated in page 70 of drinking and smoking there, He saw the defendant drawing A SHAREHOLDER (in a loud s cu o_Are we trying th e t h e i r r eport, reco mmend the remission of a larger portion With respect to females, I also cont,ur with the Royal liquors and beer. There were 18 persona in the defendant's case ? (Hear. hear, and c on f usion.) This is a lamentable of sentences of pen al servitude in the case of female con house at a quarter pa s t 3 o'clo c k. ex hibiti o n. (Oh, oh.) victs. The defendant said h e w as qu it e i gnoran t o f the new law The Hon. Mr R o The table applicable to them w i ll be as follows, being until the police-constabl e t o ld hi m o f it. (A l aug h.) He THESAY said he was on tha grand jury founded upon the principle of a maximum remission of a really was not aware th a t p u bli cans were compe ll e d t o close at Guildford at the late tri a l. He held Mr Scott to be en - third part of sae;: sentence : their houses from one till f o u r o ' c l oc k. Th e Li m ehouse tirely responsible for the accident. (Great uproar,) It was Table for regulating the Discharge on Orders of Licence of Regatta took place on Monday week, A great number of impossible for the driver and persons were assembled, It was an annual affair, and for directions given to them, Female Convicts sentenced to Penal Servitude. the guards to understand the -----_— Maximum Maximum Period to be 60 years it had been a customary thing for the public- Ea thought the verdict of the Term of Period to pie ..ierni of jury perfectly right, Remitted. houses to keep open all night when the regatta took place. The CIIAIII/141 , 1 stopped the discussion, and eventually " — a -- Sentenees Remiited. .ant. ________ Public-houses and refreshment rooms must close at one Mr Paget—There are no exceptions in favour of regattas. year& Yrs. Mo. years. Yrs. Mo. 3 the report was adopted. 10 0 1 8 4 0 o'clock, and continue closed until four. A. dividend of 41 per cent 2 0 12 i Was declared, payable to the 7 2 4 14 0 The defendant—lf I have done wrong I will not repeat it, 26th of August. 8 2 8 15 0 8 Tnartontnr AM e. ann aniri th ri afesna art f moo A..... 7 .L* .. . -.1.. 3 0 23 Period to be un- Shortest period Maximum Term of dergone in se to be undergone period to be Sentence. P arate confine ment. on public works. remitted. Years. Yrs. Mo. Wks. Yrs. Mo. Wns. 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 P 3 11 1 1 3 3 7 4 8 1 1 6 3 8 5 5 1 1 9 3 9 ii)line months in 6 2 1 t 0 3 10 An oases. 6 11 1 2 3 3 )2 8 5 $ 2 9 3 14 9 11 1 3 3 3 15 10 8 1 3 6 3 21 1 14 5 I 4 9 3 The defendant—lf I have done wrong I will not repeat it, Inspector Allison said the defendant was fined £5, and 20s. on another occasion, for violations of the law, while landlord of the Crown and Castle publichouse, Lion-street, Po2iar, Mr Paget—Fined 45. It must have been a very bad case. I now fine hint 10s, and costs, o Tuesday a quack n a e e v ATTE QUACK TO DROWN A , a,CIACK DOCTOR.—Three men wer o named were apprehended n 67 years of age, k doctorening n the charge of having attempted todrown Meredith, living at d 2, Leonard-street, Finsbury. The statements of sev era l w i tnesses were t o t h e effect that, between 7 and 8 o'clo c k on t h e even i ng n ame d , the prisoners wore bathing i n Duckett's Canal of the River Lea, near to the North London Railway bridge. The old doctor was standing on the edge of the wall looking at them swimming, when one of thorn got out of the water unob served, and going behind the old man, deliberately pushed him into the lock. At first the lookers-on thought it was a freak to duck the old man, but on perceiving the prisoners holding him down under the water, they called out to them not to drown the old gentleman, and finding they would not desist, the other bathers and spectators went to the assistance 1 of the old man, who was struggling violently to save him self. The water in the lock where he was thrown in is from eight to ten feet in depth. A brickmaker, named Harling, succeeded in getting hold of bis clothes, and dragged him out of the water, and he was taken to the Mitford Castle Tavern. Mr Davy, surgeon, was sent for, and, after con tinued exertion, saved his life. When the prisoners heard of the dangerous condition of their victim they decamped, but were afterwards taken. One of the men ststed that the old man was only pushed into the water in order to give him a ducking adding that they had been his patients, and finding that they had been imposed up on, they invited him to accompany them to the spot above described, where they said they would pay him what they Owed him, £2 6s, and would introduce him to others who wanted his adv:ce. He accordingly accompanied them and met with the treatment mentioned. There are two more points connected with convicts sen. tenced to penal servitude upon which I think it right to add a few words. The first and most important of these questions is that of their diet, A notion had prevailed in some quarters that this was excessive in quantity and unnecessarily good in quality, and the subject was brought under the notice of the Royal Com missioners, who, upon the evidence before them, did not feel justified in recommending any change, though they advised that experiments should be tried, in order to ascer tain whether any reduction could safely be wade. In con sequence of this suggestion the matter has since b-:en more f u lly investigated by a committee of experienced medical men, appointed for that purpose only, and the result has been a moderate reduction in the quantity of food allowed, both in the stage of separate confinement and in that of hard labour upon public works. This alteration has only just been introduced in practice, but there is no reason at present to doubt that it will be attended with success. The other and the only remain in g q uestion upon which I propose to make any observations is that of the amount of gratuities allowed to this class of convicts upon their dis charge. An important change has been made in this respect upon the recommendation of the Royal Commissioners. The maximum amount which can be earned by the greatest pos sible industry has been largely reduced, and is to be the same whatever may be the length of the sentence. y this mea ns a detect properly p o inted out in the former B system will be obviated—viz., that prisoners who were under the heaviest sentences, in consequence of the enormity of their offences, received the largest sums of money from the public upon the recovery of their freedom. They will henceforth have no more than is considered necessary to enable them to live honestly until they can be reasonably expected to procure eniployment,—l am, your obedient servant, G. GREY. HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST A CHEMIST FOR A FATAL ERROR.—Lingard (Adininiatratriz) v. Ciay and Abraham.—This was an actin tried before Mr. Baron Pigott at the Liverpool Assizes yesterday. The action was brought under Lord Campbell's Act for the loss of a husband, the damoges claimed being £3,000. Mr. Attorney General Tames, Q C., Mr. Aspinail, Q C., and Mr. Samuell were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Temple, Q.C. (with Mr Quain), for the defendant, The late Mr Lingard met his death owing to an unfortunate mistake by Richard Poole, an assistant in the establish ment of Messrs Clay and Abraham, chemists, Liverpool. A number of physicians and chemists attended to show that the mode of keeping the poisons in Messrs Clay and Abra ham's establishment was the common and most approved mode. It was announced, however, that the parties had agreed to a verdict of £1,500 15s, which was apportioned thus :—One shilling to the eldest child, who inherits upon his father's death, £5OO to the widow, and £5OO to each of the other children. ARRIVAL OF THE TRUE' BRITON.—PLYMOUTH, Ara., 17.—The True Briton, from Melbourne May 7th, has arrived in the Channel with 260 passengers and 25,000 ounces of gold. NAPOLEON " VERY" QUESTIONABLE POPULARITY.—( We often hear of it—and here surely is proof positive) : —The Emperor and the ELPlress, in the course of the afternoon (that is, on Monday the Fete Napoleon), proceeded in an open caleche without escort through the two principal scenes of amusement, the east and the west of Paris. On approaching the Barriere du Trona the crowd became so dense that the carriage had to pass at the slowest walking pace, and tlae cheers were tremendous ; in fact, the workmen of that district the whole time touched the carriage, and were almost in contact with their Majesties at either side. The Emperor and Empress afterwards passed through the Esplanade des InvJdides, and if somewhat less familiarly received. were just as loudly cheered. Their Majesties returned to the Tuileries to dinner. Again, another account says—" The Emperor and Empress waited up the avenue in the evening, and mingled freely with the crowd." So perilous is the Emperor's unpopularity among the disloyal Parisians I The easier tendency of affairs noticed within the last few days in the discount market has made fur. they progress. The demand for accommodation has been further curtailed, while the supply of capital tias increased, and the rate for the best bills hat. conscquently red2d'el, 7-1 per cent. being the general charge in the open market. The London Joint-Stock Bank. • A special meeting of the shareholders of the London Joint Stock Bank was held to-day for the purpose of increasing the capital to £4,000,000 by the creation of 20,000 new shares of £5O each. Mr Brookes occupied the chair, and moved that 12,000 shares only be at present issued, at £4O per share, being £lO per share the amount paid on the exist ing shares of the company, and £3O per share premium ; that such shares be in the first instance offered to the shareholders in the ptoportion of one new share to every five shares of which they are this day the registered holders, and that any shares not accepted by them be allotted at the discretion of the directors at not less than the premium above mentioned. That payment be made by four egad instalments, at the following dates, namely-30th September, 31st October, 30th November, and 31st December, 1864, to be applied rateably in payment of premium and capital. That' the premiums when received be divided rate ably amongst all the shareholders of the Bank, and added to their shares, including the holders of such new shares, whereby the capital of the bank will be increased to 72,000 shares of £5O each, paid up to the extent of £l5 per share. That as to the remaining 8,000 shares, the same be issued by the directors rateably to the shareholders at such times and on such terms in all respects as the directors may think fit, they being hereby empowered to apply the premiums to be received on such shares, and also any extra premium arising from the issue at the 12,000 shares, as they may deem meat beneficial to the Bank ; subject to confirmation at a special general meeting of shareholders. Mr. Vallentine Knight opposed the motion, and moved an amend ment to the effect that 15,000 new shares be issued at £5O each, subject to a payment of £lO, at a premium of £2O. The amendment was, after a long discussion, negatived, and the original resolu , tion carried. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market quid'. Sales probably 6,000 bales. Spontaneous Generation. M. Pouchet replied last week to M. Coste, who, it may be remembered, read a paper about three weeks ago to show that the theory of spontaneous generation rested upon erro neous or insufficient experiments. M. Pouchet's present paper is perhaps one of the moss interesting documents con nected with this curious debate, which is now in the fifth year of its existence. M. Coate, our readers may recollect, had, after stating that when a certain quantity of hay was left to macerate in water, a pellicle was founded on the sur face, asserted that that pellicle was not a proligerone stroma i.e., that it did not generate monads, vibrios, or bax:teries (all animalcules) as AI. Pouchet affirmed ; because these infusoria made their appearance in the liquid before the :pel licle was formed. To this M. Pouchet replied that the 1 ete ter is the real generator, but that some infusoria do rea.'te their appearance in the liquid before the pellicle; the info - ence, however, which M. Coate draws from this fact he declares to be erroneous. A meadow is but an immense , field of maceration where incalculable legions of infusoria pullulate. Their eggs and kysts stick to the stacks and leaves of the graminaceoue plants that constitute hay, and may produce animalcules almost as soon as the latter is put into water. So far, Al Coste's observation is perfectly (matt; and the only difference of opinion between Lim and M. Pouchet lies in the number of these infusoria, which is exceedingly small compared to that of the animalcules issuing from the proligerous stroma. More over, the former play no part in M. Pouchet's experiments, because these large infusoria, which sometimes apt ear in the course of a few hours in the water of maceration, die as soon as fermentation is developed in the liquid, which there fore acquires new chemical properties. Moreover these in fusoria are in almost every case absolutely different from those produced by the proligerous pellicle. Besides, if the liquid be filtered, those large species are eliminated from it, so that there can be no doubt about it. If we put a consider able quantity of hay into a large receiver and fill it with water up to the neck, at a mean temperature of 25 deg., there will be no fermentation for three or four days, and during that time no proligerous pellicle will be formed. On examining the liquid, very few bristly microzearia will be perceptible. If, on the contrary, by the side of this receiver we put another vessel having a large surface, with only ten grammes of hay in it in 250 grammes of water, a thick pro ligerous membrane will be formed in the course of three days, and will be seen to contain an immense population of bristly or ciliated infusoria. If M. Coste's observations were correct, the contrary would be the case. M. Pouchet further reminds M. Costs that he (our author) has ob tained large ciliated infusoria from hay that had been boiled; from boiled crabs, that had remained halfeans hour in boiling water; from the maceration of the skulls of Egyptians taken from the graves of Thebes ; from the maceration of the eggs of a python, from the eggs of a Tania Serrate, from linseed-oil raised to the temperature of 200 deg. Centigrade, and from secular dust almost car bonised at a temperature of 280 degrees. M. Pouchet fur ther denies M. Costa's assertion that bristly infusoria will pass through even three filters at the museum of Rotten M. Pouchet has never seen a bristly animalcule pass even through a single filter, or even its eggs or kysts pass through. And, indeed, what is the diameter of the large bristly recrozoaria, which are usually the objects of ex periment ? It varies between five-hundreths of a milli metre, and one-tenth of a millimetre. What is the diameter of their eggs ? According to M. Balbiani himself, it varies between 15 thousandths of a millimetre and two hundredths of a millimetre. And what, on the other hand, is the diameter of the pores of paper? Three thousandths of a millemetre at the u'most. Now it is mathematical y im possible that a body varying between one-tenth and fifteen thousandths of a millimetre should be able to pass through a pore of not more than three-thousandths of a millimetre. M. Costs says that the infusoria squeeze themselves through the paper and become like threads; but even this is not admissible, since their stomachs alone have a diameter of six-thousandths of a millimetre: Some infusoria, M. Pouchet admits, do pass through filters ; he published that fact himself long ago ; and, to prevent its occurrence, he has sometimes used as many as ten filters ; but never by any chance is this the case with bristly infusoria. Far from their passing through filters ; kolpodes do not even resist porphyrization. A:gramme of his infusoria was ground on porphyry for the space of two hours, and the produce was divided into parte, one being kept in a glass, and the other filtered. The first portion only produced monads; the filtered one, on the contrary, yielded nothing but an innumerable quantity of vorticelfes ; as for kolpodes, they were nowhere to be seen. M. Pouchet repels M. Coste's supposition that he could have mistaken enkysted microzoaria e., in the state of a chrysalis) for spontaneous eggs. The latter are clear, transparent, and filled with very minute granulations ; it is smaller than an enkysted animalcule, and offers no trace of interior organs. After passing through a stage of per fect immobility, the yolk begins to whirl round, and one can see that this motion takes place inside the envelope, which has no bristles. After this, the punettint:saliens makes its appearance ; its motions cannot be mistaken for those of the heart of an enkysted animalcule. Then come the embryonal motions, and the animal issues from its egg. The bristly animalcule, on the contrary, on becoming enkysted, presents very distinct internal organs ; it has digestive apparatus, its nucleus, and circulating apparatus. Its gyrations, which are a real agony in its case, last but little; they are irregular, and performed by means of the outer bristles, which move. 'The pulsations of the heart are rapid. The production of the spontaneous egg is so in timately connected with the existence of the proligerous membrane, that it is never met with without it—and this egg is so far from being an enkysted animalcule, that it is discovered in its stroma before any of those infusoria that are supposed to have generated it. M. Pouchet denies that tardigrades, as M. Doyere maintains, can bear a heat of 140 deg. cent. ; he states 90 as the outside. In one single in stance, he admits, wheel-animalcules were able to resist the temperature of boiling water for a few minutes—but that was, he satirically remarks, because the observers relaxed from their rigour. He concluded with reminding the academy that infusoria had ere this been found in the human blood,a fact which he considered one of the strongest proofs of spontaneous generation—for how could infusoria get. into the blood-vessels, which are hermetically closed everywhere, if they had not been spontaneously generated therein ? MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 43s 6d ; barley, 288 Id ; oats, 228 Od ; rye, 32s 6d ; beaus, &9s 8d ; and peas, 368 9d. _ _ THE oIX. `VEERS' ATERAGES. Wheat, 43s 2d ; barley, 27s 9d ; oats, 21s lld ; rye, 31s 8d ; beans, 388 Od ; peas, 35s ld. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 93,411; barley, 1,951; oats, 4,081; rye, 66 ; beans, 4,474; peas, 604 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale here, to-day, was tolerably extensive, and all breeds moved off heavily, at Monday's currency. A few very inferior Scots realised 5s per 811)5. With sheep we were fairly supplied, and the mutton trade was inactive, on former terms. The best Downs were worth 5s 4d per 81bs. .Lambs —the show of which was only mo derate—were dull, a : late rates, viz., from 5s Sd to 6s 8d per 8ibo". There was a fair inquiry for calves, at from 4s to 5s per gn u , . In pigs and mit,:tt cows very little was doing ; prices, h o wever, were supporte2. Per Blbs. to sink t;te offal. s. d. s. d. P. d. s. d Crse. &inf. beastst.: 4 3 6 IPrinaecrs.\ - vool d 0.4 8 5 0 Socond quality do. 3 4 2 Pme.S'thdov,:ndo.s 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Large orse. cal s 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, &e. 4 8 4 lb Prime small do 4 8 5 Ursa. & inf. sheep 3 8 3 10 11,:trge hogs 6 4 0 Second qualitydo. 4 0 4 6 iSma2l porkers... , 4 2 4 6 Lambs....ss 8d to 6s Bd. Suckling. calves, 16s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. 1 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows l4O Sheep and lambs .... 3,200 Sheep and lambs.... 10,300 Calves Calves Pigs 3401 ME AT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—ThE se markets are fairly supplied with meat, and the demand rules steady, as fol lows:—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Sibs by the carcase. _ _ - SOUTHALL, August 17.—The supplies of stock on offer to-day were seasonably large, and sales progressed slowly, as follows : Beet, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 4s Od to bs 4d ; lamo, 5s 8d to Gs 4d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s Gd per Blbe, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, August 17.—Prime beasts and sheep sold steadily at full prices. Otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state, at the annexed quotations : Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 4d ; lamb, 5s 8d to Os 6d ; veal, 4s 2d to 48 8d; and pork, 3s Gd to 4s 6d per 81bs • suckling calves, 16s to 20 s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 258; and mikh cows, VA Os to £lB Os each. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—Yesterday There was a fair attendance at the rooms to-day. The prineipel feature was the advance of Highflyer's dam colt !rom the outside ranks to the front. After being Lacked fr,..ely at all prices from 20 to 1 to 9 to 2, the last , natncd price was taken at the finish. Welcome had friends at 6 to 1, and Caller Ou was backed for a little mouey at 10 to 1, For the St. L , ger two ponies were baoked about Blair Athol, end 100 to 10 was taken about Baragah, Closing prices : EBOR HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Raglan (offered) 9to 2 2gst Highilyer dare colt (taken) 6to 1 aget Welcome (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Caller On (taken) 100 to 8 agst East Lancashire (taken) DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 2t3 1 agat Blair Athol (taken) 3to 1 agst General Peel (offered) 10 to 1 agat Baragh (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. AUGUST. Egham Dover Oxford Yarmouth York August 2L, Derby ~. SE PTE :MBEEC. Weymouth Baden-Baden 1 Warwick September 6 Bridgwater Leicester 8 Doncaster .. Brecon ................ 19 Richmond ......... 20 Royal Caledo . nian Hunt 21 Monmouth ... . 22 Manchester Autumn 23 Nowniarketriret October 27 SWEDEN, HOLLAND, AND LIBERIA. Count Wachtmeister and Mr. G. Ralston exchanged lately at the Consulate General o f Sweden and Norway, in London, the ratifications of a reciprocal treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between the Governments of the United Kingdom of Sweden and Norway, and the Republic of Liberia. Baron Bentinck and Mr. G. Ralston exchanged last month at the Netherlands Legation the ratifications of a reciprocal treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between the Govern ments of the Netherlands and the Republic of Liberia. HAY MARKZTS. SMITIIPIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os t o £5 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 78 to £l' 103 per load. Trade steady. CITAIBERLAND.b — Meadow hay, £3 3s to £5 5s l; clovo , £4 Os to £6 Os ; and otraw, £1 7s to £l. 12s per load. A moderate supply. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay. L. 3 OA to £5 6s; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 71 to £1 10s per load. Trade firm. A FATAL JEST.—An event of a very melancholy character occurred on Saturday to a visitor at the fashionable watering-place of Withernsea, situate on the Yorkshire coast, named Itpbert Todd, a brewer, residing at Gainsborongh• That nentleman, it seems, whilst bathing in the evening, feigned drowning, and brought to his side, by his cries for help, a rumber of bathers hard by, who found him as safe as they, cud laughing at having s3ld t h e m. Some further cries for aid were heard to proceed from Mr. Todd, hut they were of course unheeded. This time, however, no hoax was meant, he being really in immi nent peril; but the natural consequence of his unfortunate folly was that he ptrishtd without the slightest effort being made to save him. 'SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,--This Days OXFORD RACES—TaiI DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) MEMBERS' PLATE. Warrior Pupil ... Bonnie Glen ........ 3 Five ran. The Proposed Universal Ambulance. An International Congress is sitting at Geneva, the object of which is explained in the following propositions, emanating from the Swiss members of the Congress as a basis for the deliberations : " The undersigned representatives, united in Con% geese at Geneva, have adopted the following regus latiovs to be observed in case hostilities should take place between their respective nations Art. I. Ambulances and military hospitals shall be regarded as neutral, and as such protected and respected by the belligerents as long as they con tain any sick or wounded. " Art. 11. The whole sanitary staff, including doctors, surgeons, apothecaries, attendants, ficre., are to be regarded as neutrals. " Art. 111. The abovenamed persons shall be allowed, even after the enemy is in possession, to fulfil their duties in the ambulance or hospital where they may happen to be as long as their services are necessary, and will then be allowed to leave withou the slightest hindrance or molestation. "Art. IV. However, such persons will only be allowed to take away with them what is strictly their own private property. Alt the materiel belonging to the ambulance or hospital comes under the rules of war. "Art. V. Inhabitants of the country who may have rendered service in conveying the wounded or bringing them help (secours) upon the battle-field shall be equally respected and left unmolested. " Art. IV. Soldiers (militair es) severely wounded, whether already received in the;' ambulances or hospitals or taken from the battle field, shall not only be taken care of, no matter to what nation they belong, but shall• not be made prisoners. They shall be allowed to return to their homes, but on the condition that they shall not bear arms pending the duration of the campaign. " Art. VII. The soldiers mentioned in the above article shall receive a free pass, and, if necessary, means for their journey when well enough to leave their place of treatment. " Art. 111. The articles required for the sick arid persons attached to the ambulance or hospital shall be provided by the army in possession, the cost of which articles shall be repaid by due voucher at a later period. "Art. IX. A distinct uniform and badge shall be worn by all officers and men connected with the sanitary department in all armies. Every country shall also adopt the same flag to be hoisted over military amulances or hospitals. A red cross on a, white ground is proposed. "Art. X. Any person wearing the badge for other purposes, es for spying, shall be treated with all the rigours of military law. "Art. XI. Stipulations, analogous to the above, relative to maritime warfare, may form the object of an ulterior convention between the Powers interested." SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. IS.—Wind this day at noon—N.W.; light Urea° and fine. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGEAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday MorniLg. Arrived, August 17—Protector, from Dtam—Lagartha, Cathinka. and Normand, from Archangal—Enigheden, from Krageroe—Christian, from Uleaborg—Europa, from Cronstadt—Anne Margarethe, from St. Petersburg—Maria Sophia, from Piten—George Ramsey, from Riga—Salvador, from Gothenburg—Valore, from Sundswall. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Lady Jocelyn (screw steamer), for Calcutta—San. Fernando, for Liverpool—Sterias, for Lisbon—Ardbec, for Auckland—all from London—England's Beauty, from the . 11 ,,,rth for the west. Th e ,1-,iddings for £300,000 in bills on India took place yeele:day at the Bank of England. The pro portions allot:ed were to Calcutta, £179,500 ; to Bombay, £120,00; and to Madras, £5OO. The minimum price wee as before—ls. 11id. per rupee on Calcutta and Madrx. g, and I.s. llfd. per rupee on Bombay. The applieaZions within the li m i ts amounted to £2,280,000. Tel:ders on Calcutta and Madras at 2s. will receive about 51. per.cent., on Bombay at 28.01-d, about 61 per cent. These were the highest prices tendered. Oa the last occasion ' the applicat ions within the limits were £2,380,000, showing a reduction of £lOO,OOO. - THE ExPLOSION ON THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY.—Davis, the stoker, who was so fright fully mutilated and scalded by the explosion, we regret to sa y, died on Tuesday night between 9 and 10 at the Univer sity Hospital, , and an inquest will be held on the body this d a y, Yesterasy, after incessant toil throughout the night, a large body of engineers and fitters from the locomotive works of the North London Company at Bog, aided by others from those of the London and North-Western, at Camden, under direction of Mr Adams, locomotive super intendent, succeeded by means of sciew jacks and other powerful tackle in raising the engine from the position where it fell on to a trolley, and at 8 o'clock itwas conveyed away, drawn by some dozen horses, to the Camden station, to be placed on the line and towed to the locomotive station at Bow, where it will remain for the impaction of the jury empannell,d or, the body of the fireman Davis. The traffic of the line is being carried on as u sual. A BLIND PRINTER.—The e ditor of the Green.. castle Banner says he found a curiosity in a print in-office at Gosport. One of the gentlemen connected with the establishment is a blind man, mai sets up types remarkably well. He i s the first blind printer he ever came across. He stated to him that his average day's work was 5,000 ems, and t hat on several occasions he set from 7,000 to 9 copy read 9,000. His letter is distributed for hi m, and his by his partner, his memory being s o perfect that he cm re tain from fou r to six li nes ; when this is finished, he cries the last word " set," when another sentence is read, and thus continues on during the day.